Ipv6 Support; Ways To Manage The Switch; Good Habits For Managing The Switch - ZyXEL Communications GS1900 Series User Manual

Figure 5 Shared Server Using VLAN Example

1.2.6 IPv6 Support

IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), is designed to enhance IP address size and features. The increase in
IPv6 address size to 128 bits (from the 32-bit IPv4 address) allows up to 3.4 x 10
of writing, the Switch supports the following features.
• Static address assignment and stateless auto-configuration
• Neighbor Discovery Protocol (a protocol used to discover other IPv6 devices in a network)
• Remote Management using PING, telnet, SNMP, HTTP and TFTP services
• ICMPv6 to report errors encountered in packet processing and perform diagnostic functions, such as
"PING"
• IPv4/IPv6 dual stack; the Switch can run IPv4 and IPv6 at the same time
• DHCPv6 client

1.3 Ways to Manage the Switch

Use any of the following methods to manage the Switch.
• Web Configurator. This is recommended for everyday management of the Switch using a (supported)
web browser. See
• TFTP. Use Trivial File Transfer Protocol for firmware upgrades and configuration backup or restore. See
Section 33.1 on page
• SNMP. The device can be configured by a SNMP manager. See
• ZON Utility. ZON Utility is a program designed to help you deploy and perform initial setup on a
network more efficiently. See

1.4 Good Habits for Managing the Switch

Do the following things regularly to make the Switch more secure and to manage the Switch more
effectively.
• Change the password. Use a password that is not easy to guess and that consists of different types of
characters, such as numbers and letters.
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